India's largest mobile phone and Fixed Network operator, Bharti Airtel has announced that it has tested 3G applications with different equipment suppliers in a successful manner and ready to roll out services after the allotment of the spectrum.

Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti Airtel President (Mobility) said, “"We have tested 3G applications at three places - Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore - on a trial indoor spectrum given to us.”

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has already made announcement about the allocation of 3G spectrum by auction.

The subsisting players like Airtel are gearing to launch 3G service that offers up fast downloading facility and wireless broadband to the subscribers.

When asked whether Bharti Airtel has the technology to offer 3G mobile services, Mr. Kapoor replied, “We as an operator have 3G services in Seychelles. Our license for Sri Lanka is for 3G services as well and by the time 3G services are launched in India we will have enough experience.”

“Moreover, we have SingTel as our partner who has wide experience of offering 3G services,” he said adding that for an operator who has 2G operations, 3G is just an incremental service,” he added.

But he did not disclose the names of equipment suppliers with whom Bharti tested the services.

At present, Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE are competing for market share in the 3G space besides Swedish network company Ericsson and Nokia of Finland.

Bharti Airtel has offered the 3G services deal to Huawei in Sri Lanka.

“Once we start here we will negotiate with all the players before taking a final decision,” Kapoor said.

When asked that how much time the company would take to provide services once the spectrum was alloted, he said, “We will take 6-9 months from the date of allotment of spectrum. But we are still waiting for the final guidelines to be announced by the DoT.”

On the issue wi-max, Bharti official said the High Speed Data Packet Access (HSDPA) would be the accurate technology for wireless broadband as it is examined in different parts of the world.